#A4AE3D#A4AE3D

#A4AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AE3D
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -18.51, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 57.72, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0555 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.136 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2890, 38.5021, 10.1974)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AE3D #473DAE

analogous

#AE7F3D #A4AE3D #6BAE3D

triadic

#A4AE3D #3DA4AE #AE3DA4

tetradic

#A4AE3D #3DAE7F #473DAE #AE3D6B

square

#A4AE3D #3DAE7F #473DAE #AE3D6B

split-complementary

#A4AE3D #3D6BAE #7F3DAE

monochromatic

#4F531D #79812D #A4AE3D #BEC861 #D1D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A4AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A4AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AE3D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AE3D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c678',
    500: '#a4ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4ae3d;
$custom-light: #c2c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.31,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72112,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AE3D

secondary

#8A85C2

accent

#50D85C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AE3D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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